Forgot iPhone Passcode - How to Unlock iPhone Passcode

WRITTEN BY Tina July 7, 2015

“When you set up a passcode to secure your iPhone and you enter the wrong passcode, you will get the red “disabled” message. And if you enter the wrong passcode 6 times, you’ll see a message that says “iPhone is disabled”.

A forgotten password is really frustrating, isn’t it? Don’t panic, you can still unlock an iPhone if you forgot passcode on iPhone. This article will guide you how to back up and reset your password on iPhone when you’ve been locked out of your device. If you have never synced iPhone to iTunes, the only way to unlock it is by restoring the device and wipe all of your data. If you’ve synced your iPhone to iTunes previously, you can quickly restore your device without losing any data. Now let’s see how to unlock iPhone passcode with three easy ways!

Step 1: Connect iPhone to the computer which you’ve synced the device to iTunes before. Because only in this way, you can log in iTunes without entering the passcode. Otherwise you can only try to use method 2 and method 3 to unlock iPhone passcode. After connecting iPhone to your computer, launch iTunes which will automatically sync your iPhone and create a backup.

Step 2: When you log in iTunes, if it fails to sync your iPhone automatically, you have to do it on your own. Click View>show sidebar, then your iPhone will be recognized and displayed in the left sidebar.

When you try to prevent your iPhone from being used by unauthorized people, it is acceptable and understandable to set up a complex passcode on iPhone. But it would become a trouble too once you forgot iPhone passcode just because it is too difficult to be kept in mind. What’s more, you might have to erase all data on your device in order to get your iPhone back. If you have lost your iPhone data, like photos, contacts, notes, text messages or videos etc. you can use a reliable tool iPhone Data Recovery to retrieve them on computer.